Baseball glove



April 12, 1927 1,624,696

A. J. TURNER BASEBALL "GLOVE- Filed Sept. '2, 1926 7 parts througho Patented Apr. 12,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF ICE.

ARCHIBALD J. TURNER I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WILSON-WESTERN SPORTING GOODS CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

BASEBALL GLOVE.

Application filed September V, 1926. Serial No. 133,824.

My invention relatesto gloves such as are used in playing baseb all, and in the following description and claims, I use the term "love as a generlc term including all types of gloves or mitts, having one or more digit casings separate from other digit casings or from the rest of the hand.

Among the salient tion are:

First. The

features of my invenprovision "of novel adjustable connecting means between the thumb and forefinger cover pockets of baseball gloves or mit Second. The provis ion of said adjustable connecting means having no metalparts apt to injure a player or his clothing during playmg,as for instance in tagging :1 base runner.

Third. The provis ion ,o'f an adjustable connecting means comprising va .substantial area of fiat le'ath and forefinger,

er between the thumb thereby providing a substan tial catching area between these digits,

Fourth. The. provision of a connecting means having all the combined advantages of a flat leather web and an adjustable tension member; 4

Other, objects of my invention will appear following-description and the acii'awiiigfs, in which similar referen es) indicate similar from the companying characters- 8.11.

In the dra'w jg Fig. 1' is provided means, and} Fig. 2 is a views. I

show ng a fielders glove improved connecting "detailed view of my connection between/the: thumb and forefinger.

The" baseball glove prises the usual pad (not shown), leather case comprises a plurality leather, of which indicates covering, an integral piece of iug portions for the shown in Fig. 1 comor cushionlng means which is enclosed in a suitable or covering.

This covering of sheets or pieces of the outer palm leather includfront of each outer linger covering 11, 12. 13, and 14, and also v with an inner lining and for the thumb.

the rear portions of the little finger 11.

the forefinger 14 and The glove is provided of the usual type, having separate finger pockets for each finger the respective outer filled with cushiomu protect the hand of tl and the space between and inncr'linings is g means disposed to no wearer, particula rl y at the pointof impact where the ball is caught. The lining and cushioning means of the thumb pocket is constructed in a man-' ner well known to those skilled in the art, but in order to join the outer thumb casing 15 and the outer forefinger casing 14 to edge near the outline of the finger pocket turned in and sewed with the seam of the sald finger pocket as at 17, and the ,,other I edges are also stitched firmly to said finger pocket as at .18. The leather piece 38 is provided with a'plurality of holes 19, 20,21, and 22, and the flexible leather thong 24 is passed through these holes in any manner adapted to conveniently fix the same tothe leather piece, with parallel thongs extending therefrom, but'l preferto fix the same as follows:

The thong 24 is passed in at the aperture 19 between the tab 38. and the finger casing, thence under the tab and out the aperture 20, thence over the surface ofthe tab 38 into aperture 21 and out aperture 22, the thong being drawn through said tab until its ends are approximately equal.

The outer thumb pocket 15 at its rear surface adjacent the forefinger is likewise provided with a small piece of leather 25, which is likewise stitched, orotherwise secured to the thumb casing, the best method of securing the same being to stitch in one edge of the said leather .piece with the regular' seam of the outer thumb casing as at 26, continuing the stitching around the other edges of the leather piece as at 27. The leather piece 25 is likewise provided with a plurality of holes 29, 30, 31. and 32 for securing the leather thong 24, the ends of vform a better catching surface, I provide wear-resisting which pass in at apertures 29 and 31, re

these tension members are covered with .a

flat tubular casing member, preferably of leather which presents the substantial areaof a web of leather between these digits, yet

' vwhich is cheap in manufacture and easy to 1 separate casings for certain digits andmeans capable assemble.

The tubular leather casing 16 is formed of a rectangular piece of leather, by simply folding over the two ends equally to meet in the center at 33, and stitching along each of the adjacent abutting edges as at 34 and 35 through both the said edges and the main portion of the rectangular piece of leather, thus forming a Hat tubular leather member, having two tubular chambersiifi and 37, extending therethrough forthe parts ofthe thong 23 and 24 respectively.

Before attaching the ends of the thong to the thumb tab 25, these ends are passed through the chambers 36 and 37, after which the thong is fixed to tab 25 as described.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that my invention is not limited to use in joining thumb and forefinger of gloves alone, but may be used on mitts of all kinds and between other fingers when it is desired to connect the same.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred formation of construction for carrying my invention into efiect, this is of many modifications without departing from the spirit of the invention, an I do not wish to be limited to the precise details of the construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of all advantages within the scope of the ap ended claims.

What I claim as new an desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a hand protecting covering having separate casings for certain digits, means for connecting said casings comprisin spaced ,tension members -'fastened to sai casings, and flat means supported by said tension members between the same.

2. In a hand protecting covering having for connecting said casings comprising substantially parallel tension members fastened to said casings. said members being encased in a relatively fiat leather casing.

3. In a hand protecting covering having c separate casings for certain digits, means for connecting said cas ngs comprising sub stantially parallel tension members fastened to szud casings and aflat, tubular leather 4 casing covering said members.

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fastened. to saidcasings and a flat, tubular leather casing coverlng said members.

t. In ahhand protecting covering having separate casings nfor certain digits and means for connecting said casings comprising adjustable. leather tension. members in the first. of the gether.

memes 5. In a hand protecting covering having separate casings for =certain digits, means bers and comprising a flat, tubular member of flexible material. I

6. In a baseball glove, means for connecting the outer thumb and forefinger casings, comprising leather pieces having their peripheries sewed on the exterior of said casings, said pieces having a plurality of holes, a leather thong passing through a plurality of holes in each piece, and having its ends joined to form spaced tension members connecting said casings, and a flat leather piece folded and sewed to form a tubular leather casing about said tension members.

7. In abaseball glove, means for connecting the outer thumb and forefinger casings comprising leather pieces having a part of their peripheries turned in and stitched with said casings and the balance of the peripheries stitched to said casin s, said pieces having a plurality of holes tierein, a fiat leather piece having its ends folded and stitched to said piece along medial lines forming a .fiat tubularmember, a leather thong passing throu h a plurality. of holes rst mentioned leather pieces, through said flat tubular member, thence through a plurality of holes in the second of the first mentioned pieces, thence through said tubular member, thence d through a plurality of holes in said-first of 8. In ing the outer thumb v and forefinger casings, comprising leather iece's having their .Peripheries, sewed on t e exterior of said casings, said pieces having; a plurality of holes, and tension members fixed to said casings by. means of said holes. p

9. In a baseball glove, means for connecting the outer thumb'and forefinger casings, comprising leather plieces having their pe-. ripheries sewed on t e exterior of said casings, said pieces having a plurality of holes,

and substantially paralleltehsion members fixed to said casings by means of saidholesQ 1 0. In a baseball glove, means for connecting the outer ings, comprising peripheriesseiwed on the-exterior of said casings, said pieces having holes, substantially parallel tension members fixed to said casings by means of said holes, and afiat tubular leather means connecting said tension members and extending over the area between them.

In witness whereof, my name this 31st dayiof August, 1926.

. ARCH'IBALD J,. TURNER.

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